关于发展不同要素密集型产业的理论争论及其启示

支持发展劳动密集型产业的经济学家们认为,发展中国家资本匮乏,而劳动力资源丰富,发展劳动密集型产业,符合比较优势原则,有利于解决就业问题;而反对者则指出了比较优势战略理论的三点不足,并认为,从长期看,资本密集型产业可以更多地促进就业。两方的争论,对我们的产业结构调整和技术进步政策有重要的启发。

The Development of Different Factors Intensive Industries: Debate of Theory and Its Inspiration

Economists those who favor to development labor intensive industries suggest that developing countries should select labor intensive industry to accord with the comparative advantages and to deal with unemployment, because of its lack of capital and abundance of labor. But the others show the lack of comparative advantages theory and suggest that the capital-intensive industry can improve the employment in a long run. We can gain a good deal of enlightenment from the debate of the theory when adjusting industrial structure and making policy about technological innovation.